Plate positioning

[Brutalgixer]

Ok, to all the speedfreaks. stunters, and wannabe's ( last one's me)

show us your plate positioning, on ya bike,
give everyone some ideas on pushing the legal positioning of ya plate--
mine will be uploaded tommorow---, been pulled over (no ticket yet,,hehehe,,) touch wood---

Go the Gixer's --- :motu:

[loosebruce]

What plate??????????????

[Sparky Bills]

What plate??????????????


WHAT? Dont you know???
Its the thing at the back of your bike....
I think...

Is it??? :rofl: :devil2:

[kerryg]

Ok, to all the speedfreaks. stunters, and wannabe's ( last one's me)

show us your plate positioning, on ya bike,
give everyone some ideas on pushing the legal positioning of ya plate--
mine will be uploaded tommorow---, been pulled over (no ticket yet,,hehehe,,) touch wood---

Go the Gixer's --- :motu:

Not to hijack this , it's a closely related subject: who knows if it is legal to trim the edges off their number plate? I saw a bike the other day (Hayabusa IIRC) and he had reduced the overall size of the plate by ....at a very rough guess... a couple of cms in length and a cm in height. The numbers were still the same size of course, and it looked very very neat and tidy, a surprisingly good look I thought. Might do it myself if it not gunna cause problems with WOFs

[loosebruce]

Kerry, i've done this to my plate, just used tin snips and cut round the edges of the plate, mainly cause it fell off (really it did) and got caught in the rear wheel and swingarm brace, it's small and my ones so filthy you cant read it, and plus i cant be arsed doing runners all the time by not using a plate at all, some rides it comes off though.

But in terms of legitmicy i'm pretty sure you're not allowed to modifie the plate in any way, when i get told off i'll get a new one, if they catch me that is :whistle:

[Quasievil]

What plate??????????????

For you Bruce it will be the 1 in ya head or possibly one of the 112 plates in the sink yet to be washed:motu:

[sAsLEX]

What plate??????????????

that thing you use as a wheelie/12 oclock bar on your tl, or was that your pipes

[Sparky Bills]

You guys need a plate like this! :Punk:

[Lou Girardin]

Not to hijack this , it's a closely related subject: who knows if it is legal to trim the edges off their number plate? I saw a bike the other day (Hayabusa IIRC) and he had reduced the overall size of the plate by ....at a very rough guess... a couple of cms in length and a cm in height. The numbers were still the same size of course, and it looked very very neat and tidy, a surprisingly good look I thought. Might do it myself if it not gunna cause problems with WOFs

Nope, not legal. As explained to me by an Officer of the law who was a bit bored.
Never got a ticket for it in 4 or 5 years though.

[ajturbo]

saw one the other day,.... it was tucked in by his rear shock!!!!!

sure it was on his mud guard... but at the start of it ... not the end....:Punk:

[bugjuice]

mine (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14555).Damn, I love my bike..

I've seen/know people who have their plate right down near the rear shock, shagged ta hell. Also know people that have lost their plate *ahem*, and have scrap sprayed up it *ahem* or have been scrubbing too hard that the black paint of the numbers and letters have gone *ahem*.. more trouble than they're worth, those damn plates.. it's tagging people, that's what it is..

[madboy]

Also know people that have lost their plate *ahem*Yeah, in the great tradition of "I'll say it was my mate so that I can avoid responsibility for admitting that I might just be a little closer to this story than I'm letting on"...

I've got a mate who is currently running their fairly quick sportsbike with no plate. And in the last few days has had occasion to up the ante on 4 occasions to avoid unwanted taxation. Admittedly 2 of 4 were kinda in the "asking for it" category - in fact "begging" was more like it. But my mate has decided that the rising fuel consumption, combined with the riskier maneouvres that seem to become more frequent with the lack of accountability that running no plate provides, it seems sensible that my mate goes home tonight and reattachs the plate... and continues to work on the tilting mechanism :Punk:

My mate assures me that runners are great fun if you're in the mood, but damn inconvenient if you're not.

[justsomeguy]

mine (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14555).Damn, I love my bike..

I've seen/know people who have their plate right down near the rear shock, shagged ta hell. Also know people that have lost their plate *ahem*, and have scrap sprayed up it *ahem* or have been scrubbing too hard that the black paint of the numbers and letters have gone *ahem*.. more trouble than they're worth, those damn plates.. it's tagging people, that's what it is..

IS that a personalised plate or your graphical genius?

[White trash]

Funkyfly has a fucken good plate setup on his Gixxer. Sensei may have a pic. Also, the wicked quick guy from the Litre Crew (you know who I mean) has a good one too if I remember rightly. I wasn't paying too much attention, just trying to stay on the road chasing him.

[Quasievil]

Every Sportsbike I saw in the States recently had the plates stuck up by the rear shock, looks cool as, just have to ensures its visible.

Saw a gixxer last week with the plate mounted on its side on the right swing arm, it didnt make the bike look any better, it looked fucken stupid.

[sAsLEX]

Funkyfly has a fucken good plate setup on his Gixxer. Sensei may have a pic. Also, the wicked quick guy from the Litre Crew (you know who I mean) has a good one too if I remember rightly. I wasn't paying too much attention, just trying to stay on the road chasing him.

you mean john with the cbr thouh, yeah he has it up infront of the rear tyre, behind the shock,

[Pixie]

Not to hijack this , it's a closely related subject: who knows if it is legal to trim the edges off their number plate? I saw a bike the other day (Hayabusa IIRC) and he had reduced the overall size of the plate by ....at a very rough guess... a couple of cms in length and a cm in height. The numbers were still the same size of course, and it looked very very neat and tidy, a surprisingly good look I thought. Might do it myself if it not gunna cause problems with WOFs
I folded the top and bottom edges of my MX5's front number plate to fit it below the grill,and tilted it 45 degrees.I don't know if this constitutes "trimming"

[Reckless]

Mines where it shold be but the last guy that had it cut most of the white off so pretty much just the letters and numbers are left. Doesn't look to bad either. Just got a new warrant from the testing station when I bought it so they didn't have a problem with it.

[kerryg]

But in terms of legitmicy i'm pretty sure you're not allowed to modifie the plate in any way, when i get told off i'll get a new one, if they catch me that is :whistle:


Yeah I thought as much. Oh well...cheers anyway

[kerryg]

Nope, not legal. As explained to me by an Officer of the law who was a bit bored.
Never got a ticket for it in 4 or 5 years though.


Ta Lou, I think I'll leave it as is then. Cheers

[sAsLEX]

Mines where it shold be but the last guy that had it cut most of the white off so pretty much just the letters and numbers are left. Doesn't look to bad either. Just got a new warrant from the testing station when I bought it so they didn't have a problem with it.


pretty sure that things like rego being displayed aint part of a warrent of fitness check, that being focussed on safety rather than the other stuff

[SARGE]

ive trimmed mine down and mounted it on a piano hinge, complete with "wings" to lift it up a bit when i get going a bit over the limit.. i'll post pix tonight

[Brutalgixer]

na-- just plain genius-- oh yeah there is also microsoft paint--

[Sensei]

Don't worry about hiding my plate just bring's more attention from the Filth when they see you trying to hide it . Just made a small bracket to clean back of bike up & leave my bike looking stock :Punk:

[Brutalgixer]

yeah i used to have my plate like that, but i thought i'd try behind my rear schock, different strokes for different folks i guess"

Go the gixers---

[SPORK]

ive trimmed mine down and mounted it on a piano hinge, complete with "wings" to lift it up a bit when i get going a bit over the limit.. i'll post pix tonight
Now that's class!

[hondacmx450]

Every Sportsbike I saw in the States recently had the plates stuck up by the rear shock, looks cool as, just have to ensures its visible.

Saw a gixxer last week with the plate mounted on its side on the right swing arm, it didnt make the bike look any better, it looked fucken stupid.
ill tell paul you said that hahhah i said that to him too but he thinks it is ok

[vifferman]

ive trimmed mine down and mounted it on a piano hinge, complete with "wings" to lift it up a bit when i get going a bit over the limit.. i'll post pix tonight
There were a couple of guys in Tauranga when I lived there who had hinged plates complete with cable-operated knobs under the side of the seat that miraculously folded the plate up when going past speed cameras, revenuers, and other nosey people.

[SARGE]

ive trimmed mine down and mounted it on a piano hinge, complete with "wings" to lift it up a bit when i get going a bit over the limit.. i'll post pix tonight


here is a few pix of my plate setup... you will notice the rego holder acting as a wing and the amount i've trimmed the plate..comes up about 60-70 kph

[Brutalgixer]

But what do you do, like on the m/way when a cop is behind you and the plate is "blowing in the wind"

either way its clever though-- :motu:

[SARGE]

But what do you do, like on the m/way when a cop is behind you and the plate is "blowing in the wind"

either way its clever though-- :motu:

have you ever ridden an Auckland M'way?... no way in hell you get over 60 km...lol

[vifferman]

I checked the regulations reagarding rego plates (what a pharking drama that was!) but my browser crashed when I was trying to post them.

Basically, I couldn't find anything about the legality of tampering with the plate (cutting it and the like), but I'm sure it's a no-no. The regs basically say that the plate has to be visible from 20m in the dark, so it has to be adequately illuminated. It also has to be clearly visible from the rear or at an angle to the rear. You are also not allowed to obscure it, or make it look as though you have a legal plate when you in fact don't.
Any monkey business may result in a fine not exceeding $500.
I think there is some leniency allowed, f'rinstance sprotscars with painted-on front plates are illegal, yet this is routinely overlooked, probably because the rear plate matches the one painted on the front. Similarly, I'd imagine that as long as a bike plate was clearly visible, if it had been trimmed slightly it would be overlooked because if you were pulled up they could match it with the registration slip.